Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Jose Espada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Jose Espada RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 132	‐
VBR	# 338	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	36	6
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.90	4.22
WHIP	1.27	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	1

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	1.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	45	2

Earned Runs	14	0

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	65	0

Walks	19	0

ERA	1.85	0.00

WHIP	0.94	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	18

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	34.8	6.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	31	7

Earned Runs	15	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	36	6

Walks	12	3

ERA	3.90	4.22

WHIP	1.27	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Ben Brown allowed two runs on four hits, did not walk a batter, and struck out four as the Cubs hammered the Blue Jays, 16-2, on Friday. David Leisering Fri, Jun 19th	The Orioles optioned Jose Espada to Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#250
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ DET
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ DET
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Apr 4th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Jose Espada (2026)

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